Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Scott County, IL Events Date Type 01/20/1868 In Italy, Mount Vesuvius commences an extended period of eruption and lava flows. Science/Technology 12/17/1860 Victor Emanuel II annexes Naples, Sicily, and Umbria and the unification of Italy is almost complete US/the World People Documents Date Title 10/30/1854 Abraham Lincoln to Richard Yates, October 30, 1854 10/31/1854 Abraham Lincoln to Richard Yates, October 31, 1854 12/05/1857 New York Times, “A Fugitive Slave Excitement in Philadelphia,” December 5, 1857 10/20/1858 Abraham Lincoln to Norman Buel Judd, October 20, 1858 07/21/1860 Abraham Lincoln to Abraham Jonas, July 21, 1860 10/30/1860 New York Herald, “The World Does Move,” October 30, 1860 Images